You won’t hear it from the users here obviously, because of self-righteous anti-capitalist views that drove them here in the first place. And I’m not saying they are wrong or it’s a bad thing, but now you’ve got the furry/band kid table from the high school lunch room helping you form your political opinion and consume your time with AWFUL anime memes.

I'm a "self-righteous" anti-capitalist, but I'm not a furry or band geek.

That and the confusing system for platforms/instances will drive away everyday users who are used to an easy sign up

I'll never really understand this critique of lemmy/fediverse. It's not that hard. You just, uhh, pick one. If you don't like it, just pick another.

If reddit fails, another capitalist will swoop in and take their place.

I'm not sure about that. Most people prefer the twitter-like platform, short-form content. Reddit style is a dying model imo. It's not even that useful anymore, as everything is hidden away in Megathreads.

But yea, I doubt it will ever be mainstream. I'm fine with that though. Nothing I do is very mainstream. I'm just hipster like that I guess.

I think Fediverse isn't really an exact alternative to proprietary social media. It's a totally different way of engaging online, one which is more active, more conscious and more creative. So for people who want to be passive consumers Fediverse will always fail. But I believe more and more people are adopting the approach to using the Internet offered by the Fediverse so eventually it'll grow to be the new norm.

You won't hear it from the users here obviously

Are you not a user here? Are you a figment of my imagination?

This place may be the right fit for some, but a lot of people are here because they don't fit in elsewhere.

Ah, okay, so is that why you're here? Nobody likes or wants you because you're an asshole, so you thought you'd come and be an asshole over here instead?

Some even claim that it's the way they like it, but niche communities fail while copies of reddit communities are the only ones with engagement.

This community has engagement. Is it a copy of a Reddit community?

Lemmy/PieFed and Mastodon will probably carve out a tiny base of users over the next few years, but it's doubtful that they will ever be mainstream.

Is that the goal of the Fediverse?

I miss when trolls used to put effort into their posts.

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just block the anime meme communities if they bother you, the point of lemmy is to have a personalised experience